Rhys Bevan-John

Role: Paul   Rhys took his first class at the Neptune Theatre School in 1990. He studied and taught there until he graduated from the Pre-Professional Training Program in 1999. Since then, he has performed with Mulgrave Road Theatre; Shakespeare by the Sea; taken a sketch comedy troupe to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival; was the assistant director for a show at Soulpepper Theatre in Toronto and toured the United States, Singapore and Taiwan with Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia.  Love to his wife and cats.

Lee J. Campbell

Role: Bud   Lee J. lives in beautiful Portuguese Cove, NS. To support this idyllic lifestyle he works as an actor, director and teacher.  Recent favourites include directing Sunnyside Café; acting in The Gin Game at Valley Summer Theatre, A Ship Portrait at Ship’s Company and Out the Meadow for Forerunner Playwrights’ Theatre. One of his greatest joys is turning high school students on to his great love of Shakespeare.

Andrew Chandler

Role:   Musician/Musical Director   Proudly hailing from Waverley, NS, Andrew is thrilled to be working with this amazing cast and creative team. An actor and musician, he holds a Bachelor Music (Percussion) from Mount Allison University and a Diploma in Musical Theatre - Performance. Favorite roles include: Oberon/Theseus in A Midsummer Night's Dream; The Baker in Into the Woods and Larry in Dapopo/Metamorphic's recent fringe hit So... What About Love?, which he co-wrote. Upcoming: Dapopo's Julius Caesar,  March 10-20. Andrew is a member of the Dapopo Theatre collective, and thanks his family, dear friends, and Stinky. www.andrewchandler321.com

Crystal MacDonell

Role: Stage Manager   Neptune: A Christmas Carol: The Musical; The Game of Love and Chance   Other Theatre: Four years as resident stage manager for STC including such shows as Ain’t Misbehavin’, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Romeo and Juliet, James and the Giant Peach, A Year with Frog and Toad; Outlaw (Lighthouse); Discovering Elvis (VPP); Caught in the Net, Lost in Yonkers (Drayton); Same Time, Next Year (Showboat); Little Women – The Musical, Billy Bishop Goes to War (Theatre Orangeville)

D’Arcy Morris-Poultney

Role: Set and Costume Designer  Neptune: Sexy Laundry, A Christmas Carol: The Musical; Disney’s High School Musical; Skin Flick; Plaid Tidings; The Love List; Little Years; Tuesdays With Morrie; A Gift to Last; Betrayal; Blue Orange; The Marilyn Tapes; Collected Stories; I Love You You’re Perfect Now Change; Vigil; Rumours; Blood Brothers  Other Theatre: Eastern Front; One Light; NAC; TNB; Blyth; Huron Country Playhouse; The Piggery  Film/TV: The Event; Beefcake; Quality Viewing; Songwriter’s Circle; Drum; Shattered City  Teaching: Lecturer, Assistant Professor Training: NTS; Banff  Etc: Outstanding Costume Design Nominee The Veil, Halifax, Iran; Best Art Direction Recipient The Event and Beefcake.

Charlie Rhindress

Role: Director   Charlie Rhindress is a co-founder and former Artistic Director of Live Bait Theatre, where he acted in, wrote or directed over eighty shows.  Directing credits elsewhere include The Compleat Wrks of Wllm Shkspr (abridged) and Tuesdays With Morrie at Neptune. Nomentacke at Notable Acts and Are We There Yet? for Mulgrave Road Theatre.  He also directed Cathy Jones' one woman show, Me, Dad and the Hundred Boyfriends at Theatre Passe Muraille in Toronto.  Charlie has written a number of plays which have been produced across the country.  The Maritime Way of Life, was nominated for a Canadian Comedy Award as best new play in 2000.  Flying On Her Own, based on the life of Rita MacNeil, played at Neptune Theatre and was recently published by Playwrights Canada Press.  His most recent plays include Ivor Johnson's Neighbours, which premiered at Ship's Company Theatre and Boo, which he wrote and acted in for Mulgrave Road Theatre.  Charlie has appeared in a number of films and worked as an actor at theatres across the country. He is the Associate Artist and Interim Director of Education at Neptune Theatre.  This show is for Heather, for everything.

Leigh Ann Vardy

Role: Lighting Designer  Neptune: Sexy Laundry; A Christmas Carol: The Musical; The Game of Love and Chance; Doubt: A Parable; Masked; Frost/Nixon; The Devil’s Disciple; The Retreat from Moscow; The Miracle Worker; Disney’s Beauty and the Beast; The Price; The Little Years; A Few Good Men  Other Theatre: Leigh Ann has worked with many companies across Canada, including the Stratford Shakespeare Festival; GCTC; NAC; the Mirvishes; Buddies in Bad Times; Factory; Saidye Bronfman; MTC and Soulpepper. Recent projects include Three Sisters at Stratford; The Syringa Tree at MTC and The Way of the World at NAC and Soulpepper.  Etc: Leigh Ann is an instructor at the National Theatre School of Canada. She has won four Merritt Awards and was nominated for the Siminovitch Prize. She is a member of the Associated Designers of Canada.